ENVIRONMENTAL FINAL GOVERNING STANDARDS ITALY

ITALY - 13 Natural Resources and Endangered Species
Table 13.1. Selected European-Listed Endangered & Threatened Species
Common Name Scientific Name OCONUS Country of Listing
Mammals
Bear, brown Ursus arctos arctos Italy
Chamois, Apennine Rupicapra rupicapra ornata Italy
Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes Wherever found in the wild
Ibex, Pyrenean Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica Spain
Lion, Asiatic Panthera leo persica Turkey
Lynx, Spanish Felis pardina Spain
Urial Ovis musimon ophion Cyprus
Birds
Bullfinch, Sao Miguel (finch) Pyrrhula pyrrhula murina Eastern Atlantic Ocean - Azores
Eagle, Spanish imperial Aquila heliaca adalberti Spain
Falcon, Eurasian peregrine Falco peregrinus peregrinus Europe, Eurasia south to Africa and
Mideast
Gull, Audouin’s Larus audouinii Mediterranean Sea
Ibis, northern bald Geronticus eremita Southern Europe
Pigeon, Azores wood Columba palumbus azorica East Atlantic Ocean - Azores
Tern, roseate Sterna dougallii dougallii Tropical and temperate coasts of
Atlantic Basin and East Africa
Reptiles
Lizard, Hierro giant Gallotia simonyi simonyi Spain (Canary Islands)
Lizard, Ibiza wall Podarcis pityusensis Spain (Balearic Islands)
Sea turtle, green Chelonia mydas circumglobal in tropical and
temperate seas and oceans
Sea turtle, Kemp’s ridley Lepidochelys kempii Tropical and temperate seas in
Atlantic Basin
Sea turtle, leatherback Dermochelys coriacea Tropical, temperate, and subpolar
seas
Sea turtle, loggerhead Caretta caretta Circumglobal in tropical and
temperate seas and oceans
Sea turtle, olive ridley Lepidochelys olivacea Circumglobal in tropical and
temperate seas
Fishes
Ala Balik (trout) Salmo platycephalus Turkey
Cicek (minnow) Acanthorutilus handlirschi Turkey
Note: This table does not include a complete list of Italian-designated threatened and endangered species. The links
to the Italian and European lists are provided in C13.2.9.
September 2012 Italy FGS 13-5
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